MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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